Pitchfork.



(Application led Apr. 27, 1900.',

(No Model.)

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No. 654,645. Patented July 3|, moo.

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D. C. KEILLEB. "PITCHFRK, (Applimm med Apr. 27, woo.)

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UNITED STATES EFICE.

4PATENT PiTcHFoRK.

srncrsucarrou forming part of Leu-.em Patent No. 654,645, dated 'July 31, 1900.

application mea Apn'i 27, Ieoo.

Y To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, DAVID CABLE KEILLER, a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway,

residing at Stockholm, in the Kingdom of Sweden, `have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Pitchforks and Hay- Rakes; and I do hereby declare the following Vto be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable-others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make' and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.` y

`This Inventlon relates to an Improved conf strctioiof pitchforksaand hayirakes, its

characteristic feature .being the durable attachment of the tines orprongs.

The invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings. Figure 1 shows a. pitchfork ina front View. In Fig. 2 it is shown in a side view and in section on line a b of Fig. 1 viewed from the left. Fig. 3 shows a piece of a prong yand a portion of the fork-head in which the former is secured, viewed as in Fig. l, though in fuit,

size. Fig. 4 is a section on line c d of Fig. 13"2* viewed from the left. Fig. 5 shows the detail of Fig. 3 viewed from above. Fig. Gis a crosssection of a prong on line e f of Fig. 3 viewed from below. Fig. 7 shows a rake in front view and constructed on the same principle as the fork, as stated above. Fig. 8 shows a top view of the rake. Fig. 9 represents a section on line g h of Fig. 7 viewed from the right. Fig. 10 showsaprong in cross-section on line fm. 'n of Fig. 7.

The head 2, Figs. 1 and 7, which consists of anangle-plate, is secured to the prongs G Serial No. 14,615. (No model.)

great strength witlr'a minimum consumption of material, the prongs are .U shapeihas shown f in Figs. 6 and l0. The joint is made in the m'anner that the Vprongs are carried through holes in the horizontal bottom flange of the 45," head, and their upper fiat part is? secured to the vertical upper iiange of the head by means of rivets 7. The joint is exceedingly strong, owing to the fact that the portions 8'of the head 2 that are opposite the U of the prongs 5o 'are bent into the U, as is evident from Figs. 4

and 9L Just below the head the edges of the prongs are bent outward, so as to better ll the holes.l rIhis is illustrated in the detail shown in Fig. 3, which' in4 this respect can 55 represent both the fork and the rake.-

' 1 isthe handle, and 3, Fig. 8, the socket for the handle.

I claim- An agricultural implement such as de- 6e scribed comprising a head made of angle-iron, a plurality of tin'es U-shapcd in cross-section l.' and having a flat shank secured to the verti` cal member'of the head, the horizontal member thereof provided with slotted portions N652 through which the tines are slipped, said vertical member having lips turned into and y forming a bearing for the upper end of said,` .f tines, substantially as and for the purposes Y set forth. 7o

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in pres ence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID CABLE KEILLER.

IVitnessesz' CARIJ OTTO SAHLBERG,` SIGNE WETTER. 

